| 词汇 | commandeered |
| 释义 | commandeered past simple and past participle ofcommandeer commandeer verb[ T ] uk /ˌkɒm.ənˈdɪər/ us /ˌkɑː.mənˈdɪr/ to take possession of or control private property by force or for military use霸占;强征;征用 Compare hijackverb The armed forces generally absent without leave anti-military AWOL CAO casualty assistance officer casualty notification officer defence dog tag French Foreign Legion guard multi-service non-military outmarch paramilitary psych ops quarter recce the military-industrial complex the National Guard the SAS Examples of commandeeredcommandeered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The arrival of passengers in quarantine had not been commandeered by the authorities, it had just been delayed and the journey continued. When it became occupied, he was able to continue his schooling, but no longer as a boarder, since his lodgings had been commandeered by the occupying troops. After a great deal of persuasion he was induced to score, then a pencil was commandeered and for a few minutes the unfortunate scorer kept his promise. The soldiers had their arms taken away and their vehicles were commandeered and used to build barricades. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has commandeered the premises and furniture of thousands of hotels, boarding houses, holiday camps and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Horses were commandeered and bought in very large numbers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Take, for instance, the question of the ships that have been commandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They commandeered not only all that was necessary for national purposes but the whole of the crop and resold part of it for civil use. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My attention has been called to that case, which is rather peculiar, owing to the fact that the school has been commandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We ought to endeavour to liberate as far as possible, and also to utilise to better advantage, the shipping that has been commandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Enormous prices were paid, too, for grain which was commandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will they be commandeered vehicles or will their own vehicles be issued to them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must be wrong that schools in reception areas should be commandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Privately-owned railway wagons are not commandeered, but wherever possible such a wagon in returned loaded instead of empty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has just been commandeered by the colliery company, and we cannot go near it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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